Heating-stove.



No. 704,889. 1 Patented July I5, 1902.

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(Appucation med Apr. 14. 1902.)

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CHARLES MATTHEWS, OF COLUMBIA, MISSOURI.

HEATING-i-STVOV.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 704,889, dated July 1 t3, 1902.

Appiano); inegi April 14, 1902.

To all whom it rudy concer-n:

Be it known that'l, CHARLES MATTHEWS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Columbia, in the countyof Boone and State of Missouri, have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Heating-Stoves, of which the following is a specication; l

My invention relatesto stoves more particularly intended for burning wood, hay, straw, and other like material as fuel; and,

brieiy stated, the invention consistsin spe` Figure 1 is a view showing a, central.verti-Y` cal longitudinal section through my stove."

Fig. 2 is a plan view with top*` removed; and

Fig. 3 is a similar view with theltop of the" stove, innerlining, and inner bottom removed, showing the arrangement of smoke-passages under the inner bottom-that is, the bottom ot the tire-box. Y

In the drawings, A'indicates the outer shell or body portion of my stove, which is formed of sheet metal and provided with a removable top C, having located near one end thereof a feed-opening D. The body portion or shell is closed at its bottom, as indicated at E, with sheet metal, such as is employedi-n .the fab.

rication of the body portion or shell or vof thicker metal, as may be desired.

Within the body portion A, resting on the bottom E and secured thereto in any approved manner, [arrange va box-like compartment F, open at its forward end. The rear end of the compartment F is closed, as shown; but in the top surface thereof is provided an opening G, having an annular liange adapted to enter the lower end of a smoke-fine H, extending upwardly at the rear end within the body saisine. 102,743. (No man.)

or shell, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings; At the upper endl of the ue H is provided a damper I of any-approved construction, which may be Worked bya rod J, shown in my drawings projecting horizontally through the shell of the stove; but obviously-the said l rod .I may bear-ranged to Work or project 'downwardly through the top C and adapted to work the said damper I, as may be desired. The iiue H extendsup to the top C and around a'c'ollar on the-lower side thereof, as shown. On the upper sident the top a silnilarcollar is provided for supporting a length of pipe, which through a suitable opening in the top :communicates with the flue H.

The ire-boxrof my stove is formed of a lining L and a bottom M, both ot' which are removable. The lining L and the bottom M lmay be fabricated of sheet metal of suitable thickness or ot' cast metal, as may be desired. The lining L is formed of'sections N, having inturned flanges O, adapted to be secured together, as shown Vin Fig. 2 'of the drawings, by bolts or rivets or other approved method.

It will be noticed that the lining L and the inner bottomM do not extend the full length v'of the body portion of my stove. In other words, they only extend from the front wall back to the `smoke-flue H. With such construction ofV the parts a passage-way E is `formed on both sides of the flue H and each of which connects with a passage-way N', extending along the'bottom 'E on both sides of the compartment F. The forward or open end of the compartment F being located near the front of the stove, it is apparent that the products of combustion will pass np over the rear wall of the lining L and down the passageways N on both sides of the flue H to the passage-ways N and along the bottom of the stove to the front or open end of the compartment F and thence rearwardly through said compartment to and out through the dues H and K.

In the front walls of the body portion or shell I arrange a short section of pipe P, which registers with a suitable opening in the lining L,'at`fording draft for the ire. The outer end of the pipe P is closed by a hinged door Q, having in it a small opening R, the latter to support combustion in a slow tire.

S indicates a clean-out opening closed by a IOO suitable cap, which will be understood, and

therefore not necessary to be further desage involving an open-ended and fixed compartment, substantially as described, secured to and of less width than the bottom of the stove and thereby forming side passage-ways, as shown, and a vertical Hue connecting the rear end of the said compartment and extending up through the top of the stove, of a rebox formed by a detachable closed bottom, and side walls ending short of the length of the stove forming passage-ways on both sides of' the said vertical flue, said passage-ways connecting the passage-ways along the bottom of the stove, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a heating-stove, of a fire-pot of length shorter than the interior of the body of the stove, downward smokelpassages on both sides of a vertical smoke-pipe within the body of the stove and communieating with horizontal passage-Ways on both sides of a fixed compartment located between the bottom of the lire-pot and the bottom of the body or outer shell of the stove, open communication at the forward end of said fixed compartment with the horizontal side passage-ways, and open communication at the rear of said xed compartment with the vertical pipe located at the rear of the stoveand between the walls of the fire-pot and shell or body portion, substantially as described.

3. The combination in a heating-stove, of a fire-box formed of a series of sections having abutting and connected inturned'edges and a closed bottom as shown, and smoke-passages at the rear of the stove connecting the fire-pot through suitable horizontal passage-ways extending from rear to front along the bottom of the stove with a vertical uptake or smokepipe within the Walls of the body portion, substantially as described.

CHARLES MATTHEWVS.

Witnesses:

EDWARD W. HINToN, WILLIAM W. GARTH, Jr. 

